Program Manager II, Advertiser Platform, Google Ads

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience in program or project management.
  
• Experience collaborating with engineering and product teams on software products and feature development in an engineering environment.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  
• Experience proposing and implementing process improvements.
• Experience driving cross-product areas, sites, and teams programs without direct authority.
• Ability to work through ambiguity to detailed solutions.
  
• Excellent communication, influence, and collaboration skills, with the ability to deliver solutions in a changing environment.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, prioritization, and organizational skills.

About the job

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us — and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us. As part of our efforts to build a Google for everyone, we build diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $117,000-$172,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Identify and monitor key metrics supporting the health of the overall programs while ensuring stakeholders are kept informed of progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Assist stakeholders, product, and engineering teams when process gaps are identified.
  
• Communicate with all levels of cross-functional teams (e.g., Engineering, Product, UX, Data Science) and leadership regarding execution updates, resource requirements, prioritization, and issues.
  
• Set up and execute operational models and processes to improve the predictability of project schedules, help with the introduction of better tools and automations for tracking and reporting progress to different stakeholders.
  
• Manage the execution of projects within programs that have established processes and are critical to Google Ads for Advertiser Platform Campaign Automation initiatives.